The Prehistory of the Mind - A Search For the Origins of Art, Religion and Science

Informationen zum Autor Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading. Klappentext Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today How do our minds work? When did language and religious beliefs first emerge? Why was there a cultural explosion of art and creativity with the arrival of modern humans? This ground-breaking book brings the insight of archaeology to our understanding of the development and history of the human mind, combining them with ideas from evolutionary psychology in a brilliant and provocative synthesis. Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today. Zusammenfassung Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today.

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Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading.

Product details

• Authors: Prof Steven Mithen, Steven Mithen
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.05.1998
• EAN: 9780753802045
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-0204-5
• No. of pages: 357
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, prehistory, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Philosophy of Mind, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Archaeology by period / region, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism